A new report from a top health care industry trade organization contradicts Kathleen Sebelius recent claim that no job loss will occur under Obamacare.

Obamacares medical device tax has already created a job loss of 33,000 in the medical device industry and 132,0o0 more job losses are expected, according to a new report from the industry trade group the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), obtained by the Daily Caller.

There is absolutely no evidence, and every economist will tell you this, that there is any job loss related to the Affordable Care Act, Sebelius said Monday in Orlando. Part-time physicians are actually down since 2010, not up. The number of full-time workers continues to increase. I know thats a popular myth that continues to be repeated but it just is not accurate.

There is absolutely no evidence, and every economist will tell you this, that there is any job loss related to the Affordable Care Act, and we are forcing business owners to sign statements confirming it!!!!

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posted on 02/18/2014 5:18:00 PM PST
by Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)

That's a completely useless observation. Past US gov't policies have placed an absolute ceiling on the number of new physicians that can be licensed in the US annually, resulting in a shortage that probably will continue for the rest of my lifetime. The US now has fewer physicians per capita than most of the other large, economically developed countries. There is a shortage of physicians, so pretty much any competent physician can work as much as he or she wants to work. If the number is down, it's because fewer want to work part time, not because there isn't enough work for them.

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posted on 02/18/2014 7:39:54 PM PST
by Sooth2222
("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)

The whining of the peasants doesn’t affect Congress a tenth as much as another billion in bribes. (That’s how much was spent on BOTH parties in 1995-2005—”campaign contributions” to get Oh!Bama!Care passed.)

Check Open Secrets for the details. Don’t remain a low-information type and just blame the Democrats.

The day Obama signed the health care act construction halted on 45 physician hospitals being built around the country. Lobbyists for public hospitals persuaded Democrats that physician owned hospitals represented unfair competition so ObamaCare forbid any new hospitals.

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posted on 02/18/2014 11:07:50 PM PST
by Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)

Hospitals are cutting back on registered nurses at a time when staff infections (MRSA) and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)are killing more patients due to poor hospital hygiene practices.

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posted on 02/19/2014 12:10:46 AM PST
by jonrick46
(The opium of Communists: other people's money.)

There is absolutely no evidence, and every economist will tell you this, that there is any job loss related to the Affordable Care Act, Sebelius said Monday in Orlando. Part-time physicians are actually down since 2010, not up. The number of full-time workers continues to increase. I know thats a popular myth that continues to be repeated but it just is not accurate.

How many? Damm near all of them because they were pumped up at all the new bidness they thot they were going to get via the 30 mill young ‘uns that supposed to happily sign up. No sympathy here cause they got what they got commin’.

Somehow I suspect that a “part time physician” will be assessed the same huge insurance premium as a full-timer ... therefore his insurance cost per patient is greater, and this would greatly discourage such behavior. I don’t know a single part-time physician, for what it is worth.

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posted on 02/20/2014 9:59:28 AM PST
by AFPhys
((Praying for our troops, our citizens, that the Bible and Freedom become basis of the US law again))

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